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MB anniversary celebrations begin
JADCHERLA, India — The country that received the first Mennonite Brethren overseas missionaries more than a century ago started the denomination’s 150th anniversary celebrations in January.
About 2,000 people attended a conference marking the sesquicentennial of the MB movement.
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CPT founding director dies at 70
CHICAGO — Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams and an international human rights activist, died March 10. He was 70.
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Franconia puts layoffs on hold
The board of Franconia Conference of Mennonite Church USA has put on hold its plans to lay off conference staff during an in-depth review of its work and membership.
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Dutch leaders speak out for peace
Dutch Mennonites are expressing their views against war in a variety of ways, including by opposing an extension of Dutch participation in the war in Afghanistan.
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‘Amish Grace’ authors disavow movie
The authors of a book on the 2006 killing of five Amish girls in a Lancaster County, Pa., schoolhouse have distanced themselves from a TV movie about the tragedy.
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Hutterites won’t submit to having photos on driver’s licenses
CALGARY, Alta. — Members of a Hutterite colony say they will flout the law rather than submit to being photographed for their driver’s licenses.
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Goshen to have peace prayer along with anthem at sports games
GOSHEN, Ind. — A well-known prayer for peace will follow the national anthem at Goshen College sporting events, the college announced March 10.
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MWC youth leaders keep momentum
STRASBOURG, France — Building on the momentum from previous events and leaders, a new group aims to continue future involvement of youth and young adults in Mennonite World Conference.
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MB Seminary anticipates changes with transfer to FPU
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary’s Fresno, Calif., location will see significant changes after the transfer of its property and programs to Fresno Pacific University in June.
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EMU proposes solar-energy system
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Imagine a carport that not only shields vehicles from the hot sun but also harnesses the energy and uses it to power air conditioning.
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EMM responds in the Philippines
Eastern Mennonite Missions sponsored a team responding to a request for assistance after severe flooding caused by three back-to-back typhoons.
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Dusting off neglected history
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Scholars from Europe and North America will gather at Bethel College in June to shine a light on a neglected area of Anabaptist and Mennonite history.
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Student inspired by COs’ stories
WINNIPEG, Man. — A Web site that tells the stories of conscientious objectors in World War II helped inspire a high school student to examine her beliefs and connect with her family’s Mennonite heritage.
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‘Come and see’
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Can anything good come from Nazareth?
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Prayer for a new leader
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Ervin Stutzman, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, was installed in a service March 7 at Park View Mennonite Church.
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Franconia Conference to lay off most staff
Franconia Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA plans to lay off most of its 17 staff members in the coming year.
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MMN and partners responding to Chile earthquake
NEWTON, Kan. — Expressions of concern began minutes after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile Feb. 27.
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Car crash kills Zambian church leader
CHOMA, Zambia — Esther Kalambo, a leader among the African Anabaptist Women Theologians, died in a car crash Jan. 21. She was 54.
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EMM workers in Chile join in aiding neighbors after quake
PUERTO MONTT, Chile — When an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile Feb. 27, Dustin and Sarah Gingrich’s house swayed from side to side.
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Colombians call for prayer and action
WASHINGTON — Colombia’s Mennonite churches are calling on U.S. congregations to join the cry for justice, peace and healing in Colombia during Days of Prayer and Action for Peace April 18-19.
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All ages create comforters for Haiti
PIGEON, Mich. — Congregation plus community plus cooperation equals comforters.
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Church forming in southern Chile
PUERTO MONTT, Chile — Local Christians are forming an official Mennonite church in southern Chile.
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Dance teacher Bethel award winner
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Katrina Toews has been dedicated to dance from a young age — so much so that she made it part of her Bethel College major, though the college does not have a dance program.
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Leader raised his people’s voice
MTHATHA, South Africa —Thompson Mpongwana Adonis has guided leaders of African-Initiated Churches as well as Mennonite mission workers in South Africa for nearly three decades.
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Author publishes book about grief
LITITZ, Pa. — After her husband’s death, Janelle Shantz Hertzler began writing poetry for herself.
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MC USA adds to staff, changes roles
ELKHART, Ind. — February brought staffing changes in Mennonite Church USA’s Executive Leadership.
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New MWC group builds partnerships
STRASBOURG, France — Mennonite World Conference leaders are engaging work in mission and youth involvement.
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FPU speaker: Grace will fill the gap
FRESNO, Calif. — Misunderstanding grace makes us guilty, tired and thirsty, according to pastor and author John Ortberg.
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Canadian MBs plan atonement statement
WINNIPEG, Man. — Responding to constituents’ concerns, a Canadian Mennonite Brethren leadership board plans to write a statement on Christ’s atonement for sin.
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Kansas couple to be coordinators of MCC Low German work in Bolivia
INMAN, Kan. — Pastor Willmar Harder and Hannah Neufeld are leaving Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church to coordinate Mennonite Central Committee’s Low German Program in Bolivia.
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Biography 30 years in the making
GOSHEN, Ind. — Guy F. Hershberger, a Mennonite historian who studied and advocated pacifism, is the subject of a new biography more than 30 years in the making.
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